GCS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• General Director of CAASD

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Co - Founder of Xtrategies

Alfonso Paniagua is Co-founder of Xtrategies, with more than 26 years of experience in the financial services industry, during which he held high-level positions in Citibank, Banco Popular Dominicano and BPB International Bank. His areas of expertise and knowledge include: bank cards and consumer banking, corporate banking, treasury, commercialization of bonds and US and Latin American securities, and foreign exchange operations. During his time at Banco Popular Dominicano, his responsibilities included the administration of the operation of one of the most important cards in the Caribbean with more than 1.2 million credit and debit cards and more than one billion dollars in purchasing volume. He was responsible for the development and implementation of the ATM network that grew to more than 350 ATMs, the largest and most successful in the Dominican Republic. He served as an independent consultant for First Data Corporation Latin America and Visa Latin America. Among his achievements, we can mention that he was selected by MasterCard and Visa LAC to participate in several regional operational and marketing commissions and represented Visa Latin America in the Visa International Products Commission. Before founding Xtrategies, he worked and developed projects for a Central American Financial Group, which included a multi-currency fund transfer system and a strategic plan to position the group in the remittance market to Central America.

Job Titles:

• Secretary of the Board of Directors

With 30 years of accumulated experience in the area of banks, payment methods, marketing and Internet, Day Jiménez is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Xtrategies, which was formed in May 2001 to provide consulting services to the Media Industry of Payment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Before founding Xtrategies, he was Executive Director of Electronic Commerce at Patagon.com, where he was part of the management team that allowed Patagón to become a global player in seven countries, including the US, Europe and Latin America. Patagón was sold to Santander Bank of Spain in 2001 for 705 million US dollars. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Jiménez held various positions at Visa International Latin America and the Caribbean, the last of which was as Senior Vice President and Group Executive responsible for Emerging Products. During his stay at Visa, he participated in several initiatives, for example, the implementation of debit cards, the "Final Section Strategy" for the Region, the launch of smart cards and the implementation and launch of electronic commerce. Previously in his career, he was Vice President of Marketing for Grupo Financiero Popular in the Dominican Republic where he was responsible for Marketing, Product Development and Public Relations. He was a member of the Board of several subsidiaries of the Group and participated in the formation and implementation of banks in New York, Miami, Grand Cayman and Panama.

Job Titles:

• CEO
• Member of the Board of Directors

Brian Paniagua appointed as Member of the Board of Directors of United Way, Dominican Republic Has more than 26 years of experience in the Financial Service industry in the Dominican Republic. His banking career began at the Chase Manhattan Bank in corporate banking. Paniagua later became Executive Vice President of Banco Mercantil, in the Personal Banking department, managing the credit card and branch programs.​ For four years, he held the position of CFO in Grupo Financiero León. Paniagua represented the Dominican Republic and Latin America in the International Committee of Rules and Operations of VISA From 1999 to 2002, granting him direct connections and relationships with businessmen. ​ Since 2008, he has been part of GCS, and CEO of this mobile financial service company. He has led the successful launch of the mobile payment solution, tPago in the Dominican Republic and its incursion in Latin America. Paniagua plays a vital role in the development and execution of ideas and projects. His experience in the bank and financial world, have benefited the evolution of all of GCS's products. ​

Job Titles:

• Chairman
• Executive Chairman
• Our Executive Chairman
• Presidente of the Dominican Association of Fintech Enterprises

Considered a visionary entrepreneur, Manuel Grullón Hernández is a dominican businessman, a firm advocate of the fintech and financial inclusion movements in his country, considering this second one of his greatest goals.